VOL. XV

McPHERSON COLLEGE, McPHERSON, KANSAS, WEDNESDAY, APR. 13, 1932

NUMBER 29

TWENTY-FIVE M. C. STUDENTS ARE ENROLLED IN ELEMENTARY & SECONDARY PRACTICE TEACHING

COMING EVENTS

M. C. HOST TO SCIENTISTS

College Students Looking Toward Teaching Take Work in All Schools of McPherson-Thirteen of Them in High School Alone

STATE REQUIRES COURSE

Courses Open Only to Perspective Teachers Who Are Sophomores and Seniors

"M" CLUB BANQUET APRIL 30

Every day sometime during school hours the 25 students in the practice teaching department journey to their respective buildings, and spend an hour in instructing the young hopefuls of elementary and high schools. These students must spend 5 hours a week or 90 hours a semester in this work. One third of the time is spent in observation, another third in participation, and another third in actual teaching. They are graded almost entirely by the critic teachers.

Those students teaching in Park grade school are Clem Shrik, 6th grade under Miss Aspegren; Alice Ruehlen, 5th grade under Miss Coder Miss Robinson; Edgar Mlkow, 5th grade under Miss Sangren.

Those in Junior high school are Clara Fern Mast, English under Mrs. Brand; Constance Rankin, Home Economics under Miss Brooks; Mildred Doyle, General Science under Mr. Dresher; Leslie Myers, Algebra under Mr. resher; Charles Smith, Ralph Johnson, Donald Trostle, Manual Training under Mr. Holloway; Kermit Hayes, American History under Miss Sangren.

Those in the high school are Or-vile Countryman, Elmer Keck, Physics under Mr. Bell; Clinton Trostle, Biology under Miss Benson; Verle Ohmart, Herbert Hockstrnaser, Man-

Ada Stutzman, typing under Miss Hollingsworth; Ethel Sherfy, English under Miss Haight; Willis Neff, American History under Miss Kingsley; Roy Unities, bookkeeping under Miss Kuhn; Kenneth Bitikofer, Commercial Law, and Joan Lytle, constitution under Miss Lennen; Vera Flora, music under Miss Rhodes; Lawrence Lehman, English under Miss Smalley.

All of the practice teaching is under the supervision of Prof. J. A. Blair, professor of education. According to the law made two years ago in regard to certification of teachers, practice teaching is required before the granting of any kind of teaching certificate.

The courses are open only to sophomores and seniors. Those desiring the elementary certificate take the course in Supervised Observation and Teaching in the Elementary School, while seniors fulfilling the requirement for the high school certificate like Supervised Observation and Teaching in the Secondary School.

Saturday evening, April 30, the day following the W. A. A. Play Day, has been selected as the date for the annual McPherson college "M" Club banquet. Committees are now working out plans for an interesting program, including several talks by outstanding speakers. All members have received an invitation to attend the annual event.

Today—Campus Improvement Day. Student recital, 8:00 p. m.

Thurs., April 14—Track meet with Kansas Wesleyan, 3:00 p. m.

W. S. G. meeting in Y. W. C. A. room, 6:30 p. m.

Science Meeting: Illustrated lecture in chapel. 8:15 p. m.

Fri., April 15—Science Meeting: Banquet in College Church parlors, 5: 45 S. A. Barrett lecture in Community Building, 8: 15 p. m.

Sat., April 16—Concluding sessions of Science Meeting.

Hershey Estimates Attendance to Be Largest in History of Kansas Academy if Weather Is Good—125 Will Read Papers During Meeting

CAMPUS DRIVES IMPROVED

PUBLIC IS WELCOME

SENATOR KREHBIEL IS SPEAKER IN ASSEMBLY

STUCKY HEADS STUDENT COUNCIL FOR NEXT YEAR

A very notable improvement was made on the drives of the campus last Friday, when they were thor-

chine used on the county highways, and then regraded. Before the grading the drives had reached such a

on them at any considerable rate without a great deal of discomfort.

Barret Lecture Friday Night the Program

Says “Demagogy" Is Illustra-tion of Need for Enlightened Education of Youth

Holds Margin of 24 Votes Over Vernon Rhoades in Student  Election Friday

ALL TO COOPERATE IN CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT

UNA RING WINS CONTEST

SCHWALM ADDRESSES MEETING

Pres. V. F. Schwalm addressed the

day. His subject was “Interesting Faces in Europe.”

coLLEGE WOMEN GUESTS

AT COSMOS CLUB PLAY

Students, Coached by Miss Lehman, Give Production

Mon., April 11—Senator W. J. Krehbiel, speaking in chapel this morning, said, “One of the principal things in town building is building the morale of the town, and one of the biggest assets in building a morale is the intelligence and ideals which a college contributes to the community.”

The speaker chose "Taxes” as his general subject, saying there is no more vital question; taxes affect every person, including the schools and the students in the schools. Senator Krehbiel said that at present we are having hard times, but that compared with times which he has known during his life time we are living in excessive luxury. "This country is vastly improved over what it was forty years ago, and it is going to continue to improve,’’ he said. Defining the student’s objective as the desire to complete self, control self, and spend self with those who live around him, he said that students will have management of the affairs of the United States, and therefore of the affairs of the world, within a short

time.

Senator Krehbiel expressed the desire that a unit of the recent state organization for the intensive study of the taxation question can be placed in McPherson college. In addition to several others to he formed soon in McPherson county.

He said that one of the greatest evils affecting our government is the plague of demagogy, which is evidenced by the many wild legislative proposals which come up in Congress and the state legislature when politicians are after votes. He said that there are bound to be many such wild proposals during the coming political campaign, and that his chief hope was to see enough "sane” men elected to "hold the demagogues down”.

The speaker mentioned the recent Kansas Tax Limitation Bill, proposing to reduce the taxes in cities to a large extent, and said that there is not a school in the state which could get along and do its work well if the bill goes into effect. In conclu-sion he used legislative measures such as this to show the necessity of sound education, a "stiff backbone," and high ideals.

Close Races and Vigorous Campaign Bring Out Record Vote for Candidates

Many Projects To Be Curried Out This Afternoon—Classes To Be Dismissed

Fri., April 8—After a campaign which brought out a record vote from the student body in today's school election, Milo Stucky, Junior, was elected to head the Student Council as president for 1932-33. His margin over Vernon Rhoades, the remaining candidate, was 24 votes. Una Ring, sophomore, defeated Everett Fasnacht by 35 votes for the position of Editor of the Spectator, in the second closest race of the election. Etta Nickel, freshman, held a majority of 40 votes over Othetta Clark, winning the position as woman's cheerleader for next year. Tommy Taylor, a freshman, held the largest majority polled for any office, defeating Hobart Hughey by 62 votes for men's cheer leader.

Exceptionally large complimentary votes were given also to the three candidates running for offices without opposition. Wilbur Yoder receiving the largest vote of 169 for business manager of the 1933 Quadrangle. Large votes were also polled by Delbert Kelly, editor of the 1933 Quadrangle, and T. Williams, newly elected business manager of The Spectator.

Milo Stucky was elected on a platform pledging the following four points in relation to next year's Student Council if elected: 1. Thorough

Every McPherson college student is expected to show a loyal Bulldog

in the concerted effort at campus beautification which has been designated as McPherson College Im-provement Day. Under the leadership of the Student Council plans have been made whereby the appearance of the grounds and buildings can be considerably improved within a short time if all cooperate. Classes for the afternoon are to be dismissed.

Plans are being presented in cha-pel this morning for the work of the afternoon, and it is planned to have a specific job for every man enrolled, also for a targe part of the college co-eds. Some of the projects to be completed, with the person in charge are as follows; repair work on chairs and other furniture of Sharp Hall and Harnly Hall, Harold Binford: cultivation of the iris beds east of Harnly Hall, Esther Brown: tree  trimming, Dean Mohler: raking the campus lawns, Milo Stucky; mowing lawns, Ward Williams; spading around shrubs. Kermit Hayes; clean-ing up in the vicinity of Fahnestock Hall, Charles Austin: filling in the drive back of Fahnestock Hall, Tommy Taylor; repairing the clothes lines used by industrious co-eds, west of the gymnasium, George Lerew. Many other minor things will be done by students this afternoon to make a marked improvement on the M. C. campus.

The committee originally appointed by the Student Council, consisting of Frank Hutchison, Esther Brown, and George Lerew, has been augmented by representatives of the classes and the faculty in making arrangements for the day.

From 200 to 250 visiting scien-tists from outside of McPherson are expected to be here for the Sixty-Fourth Annual Meeting of the Kansas Academy of Science, which opens tomorrow evening and continues until Saturday evening, according to an estimate by Dr. J. Willard Hershey, chairman of the local commit-tee. Approximately 125 of the scientists will present papers, and in addition to these communications indicate that many more will be here to make this one of the largest meetings in the history of the Academy. This is the third time that McPherson has been host to the meeting.

The first feature of the program will take place tomorrow evening at

8:15 o'clock, when L. E. Melchers, head of the botany department at Kansas State college, presents his illustrated lecture on "Egyptian Oas-

es of the Libyan Desert." Colored slides will accompany the lecture, it is to be given in the college chapel, and the public is cordially invited to this as well as to all of the remaining  sessions of the convention program.

Most of Friday morning will be given over to general papers, in the

in the afternoon, at 1:00 o'clock,

scene of exhibits and demonstrations. more papers will be read in the four sectional programs namely Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Psychology, and the Junior Academy of Science. All but the Psychology section, which meets in room 9 of Sharp Hall, will take place in the various rooms of Harnly Hall.

Arrangements have been made whereby college students and other visitors may come in at the close of the banquet, which begins at 5:45 (Continued on Page Four)

CHAPEL LISTENERS GET A SAMPLE OF CANTATA

HYMNS ARE FEATURED

IN Y. W. C. A. PROGRAM

LEHMAN AND McGAFFEY ATTEND TULSA MEETING

Miss Della Lehman and Miss Edith McGaffey, members of the McPher-son college faculty, are leaving today for Tulsa, Oklahoma, where they will attend a meeting of the American Association of University Women. It is to be a sectional meeting, includ-ing several states of the Southwest. Both of the McPherson representa-tives will return to the city next

Tuesday, April 12—"The Florist Shop," a play by Winfred Hawkridge  produced under the auspices of the McPherson Crossroad playmakers, was presented this evening before

coached the production. The girls of McPherson college were guests of the women of the club at the meeting, held in the chapel.

Roles in the play were taken by college students. "Marge," the florist's bookeeper, was played by Mat-tie Shay. Herbert Eby carried the part of Henry, the office boy. Slov-aky, the Jewish proprietor, was played by George Peters. Miss Wells, a talkative spinster, was played by Maxine Ring.    Frantz Crumpacker

took the part of Mr. Jackson a pompous bachelor.

SENIORS Will PRESENT

“THE FOURTH WALL"

Powerful Mystery Drama To Be Given Commencement Week

"The Fourth Wall" is the title of the play recently, selected by the sen-ior class, to be given this spring during the first part of Commencement Week. It is a mystery drama of unusual power, and with an able cast should be up to the high standard set by McPherson college senior plays in the past. Last year the production was omitted, for the first time in a number of years.

A student recital will be given tonight in the college chapel, by students of the fine arts department, at 8:00 o'clock.

Group Hears Hymns And Short Sketch of Each Composer

Tues., April 11—Alma Louise Atchison opened the program in Y. W. C. A. this morning with a prelude. Merle Fisher read the Hundredth Psalm, following which Leeta Oaks led in prayer.

The program, which consisted of hymns accompanied by a short sketch of each composer, was led by Merle Fisher. Vera flora sang "Lead Kindly Light," with a violin obligato by Pauline Dell. The sophomore girls' quartet, composed of Mildred Dahlinger, Gulah Hoover, Velma Amos, and Lois Edwards, sang "Rock

Viola DeVilbiss played as a violin solo a morning hymn of devotion. She was accompanied by Gulah Hoo-ver. The program was concluded with "Abide With Me," sung by Mrs. Anna C. Tate.

Wed., April 12- "Cooperation"

cantata "Ruth were presented be-fore the student body in the chapel program this morning. The numbers presented were as follows; A vocal solo by Arlene Anderson; solos and duet by Helen Holloway, Lois Ed-wards, and Mildred Dahlingerl a solo by Harvey Shank; and a quar-tette number by Harvey Shank, Hel-en Holloway, Lois Edwards, and Charles Austin.

TUNNELL TELLS Y. M. OF

FARMER S COOPERATIVE

Says McPherson Association Has Been a Decided Success

HOPE FOR A LARGE

DELEGATION AT ESTES

Many Already Signed Up For Conference Next June

Mon., April 11- A number of stu-dents are planning to attend the sum-mer conference at Estes Park, Colo-rado, to take place June 7 to 17 under the auspices of the student Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. of the Rocky Mountain Region. The follow-ing students either have decided to go or are contemplating attending the Estes Park conference: Esther Brown, Grace Heckman, Lola Haw-kins, Dorothy Dresher, Marlene Dap-pen, Faithe Ketterman, Bernice Fow-ler, Rosalind Almen, Miss Margaret Heckethorn, Lilburn Gottmann, Ward Williams, and Kermit Hayes.

Tues., April 12 "Cooperation" was the subject of this morning's Y. M. C. A. program, and therefore the program committee chose Manager Tunnel] of the McPherson Farmer's Cooperative organization to be the speaker.

Mr. Tunnell first read a paper giv-ing a brief history of the cooperative movement following the World War, saying that the majority of those surviving the past 10 year period were remarkably successful. The chief distinguishing feature of the successful cooperative, he said, was the payment, of dividends on the business furnished the association by each member, rather than according to the capital invested by each. He gave a sketch of the organization and history of the McPherson association, which began in 1925 and after the first six months has shown a continu-ous and considerable profit to mem-bers. Almost $50000 a year has been paid since 1925 in dividends, in addi-tion to an accumulated surplus of $12,0000. Mr. Tunnell heartily en-dorsed the cooperative idea, saying, "If it isn't a success them I'm not standing here."

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CRUMBS THAT FALL

McPherson has won again, and again it was in debate. The M. C. debaters, and above all their coach, Professor Maurice A. Hess, are to be congratulated for the great showing they have made this year. In truth, as Professor Hess said in chapel at the beginning of the season, stidents were saying, or perhaps thinking, "The King is dead!"—at least as far as debate prospects were concerned. And now they are saying as he hinted they might, "Long Live the King!"

But we cannot take the attitude that winning in debate and oratory is a habit which, office formed, keeps going on as if by magic without much effort. It has been a stiff pull for McPherson every year in debate, and this year was certainly no exception. Most students little realize the hours of grinding toll which the debaters go through before they get to the debate platform, in order to be [re[ared for the battle of wits with an opposing team. Here, as in most other things in life, there is no substitute, no "easy method." to take the place of hard work. Again we congratulate you. Mr. Gottmann, Mr. Lehman, Mr. Williams, Mr. Wollman, and Professor Hess. Yes, and we aren't forgetting the support given the varsity squad by the second team and the comen's team, who went through a season of non-decision contests in order to contribute a little more to the success of the varsity squad.

Incidentally there is another debate season coming next year, and two of the varsity squad are leaving at Commencement. Shall the Kind die without an heir?

Only live fish swim up stream; dead ones float with the current.

A life of leisure and a life of lazi-ness are two things.—Poor Richard.

Half the sting of poverty is gone when one keeps house for the com-fort of one's family and not for the comment or one's neighbors.

Burning the midnight oil does not help much—IF it is gasoline.

If men grew as tall as their ideals the gutter curbstone.

The fellow who waits for some-thing to turn up will not be disap-pointed if he keeps his eyes on his

lems in Retail Distribution," by Mal-colm McNair and Chass. Gragg; and "Readings in the Economic and So-cial History of the United States," by Felix Flugel and H. A. Faulkner. These three books were purchased through the library fund.

"General Biology," by S. J. Holmes, is a gift of Prof. R. E. Moh-ler. Two bulletins came to the library recently, as gifts of the Bereau of American Entomology. One in the forty-first Annual Report of the Bureau; and the other is "Source Material for the Social and Ceremon-ial life of the Choctaw Indians," by John R. Swanson.

DEPUTATION TEAM GIVES PROGRAM AT BELLEVILLE

one dollar—impossible? Not at all, when the McPherson college Home Ec. department gets into action. This afternoon the members of the Foods I class had some practical experience in overcoming the needs of depre-ssion economy by preparing meals for just that price. And the three-course bill of rate wasn't half bad, either. Four tables, with four guests at each table, were served, beginning at 3:30 o'clock. Several college girls from outside of the class were invited to the dinner to fill the extra places. The menus were planned and all work in connection with the affair was done fey members of the Foods

Dean Replogle Accompanies Group and Participates in Program

EXPECT TO HAVE 400

at senior festival

BIRTHDAY BOOK

SEEN ON THE CAMPUS HEARD IN THE DORM.

DEGREES

In less than two months a group of students of McPherson College will be a part of an impressive procession leading across the campus to the college church. As a member of the senior class I hope to be Part of that group who will try to look solemn and dignified. At the conclusion of the commencement service my class will receive from the bands of the President neatly roiled certificates which will designate us as graduates of McPherson College.

After all what has four years of college meant to me? How has it changed me? What new vistas of thought and experience has it opened up to me? Has college given me the things I though it would give me

when I came here as a freshman four years ago?

Awaking from the reverie I remember that "Commencement" means beginning. Ah! yea, but the idea does not seem trite for I awaken to the fact that I am again at the beginning mark with new frontiers to blaze and traverse. As I am soon to accept my defree i am conscious that there are certain other degrees which I desire to continue obtaining during my life. Perhaps I want other academic degrees, too.

But also I want with others a degree of appreciation. I want to appreciate and to understand other people. Not only do I want to appreciate my friends and people of my own race but also I want a degree of human understanding in the appreciation of people of other races than my own and people of different background than mine. Then, too, I want to appreciate great pictures, and the masterpieces of literature, and music. I want to appreciate silence and to obtain an appreciation of what the great saints mean when they talk about the "inspiration of silence". I want to appreciate nature and the ordered universe, and to marvel at the glories of the sunset and the dawn. I want to color my life as harmoniously with fine experience as nature blends her colors in the fall of the year.

I want a degree of freedom that is freedom from intolerance, prejudice, narrowness, provincialism, and petty worries.

I want a degree of sincerity. I want to be natural and in being myself I want to have faith, not only in myself but also in my fellowmen.

I want a degree of reverence. I do want a deep reverence for God and also a reverence for parents, friends, and for institutions which justify their existence. I hope I will always have reverence for McPherson College.

This spring when we as the graduating class of 1932 of McPherson College along with other seniors of America and throughout the world receive our academic degrees which are symbolic of having completed certain prescribed courses may we as those degrees are conferred upon us firmly inculcate in our minds the desire to think the thoughts and do the deeds that throughout life we may be attaining a degree of appreciation, a degree of sincerity, a degree of freedom, and a degree of reverence. May college have helped us in our search for knowledge but may it have also aided us in our search for these degrees of wisdom.—A. Y.

BUILDING CHRISTIAN PERSONALITY

Lola Hawkins spent the week-end in her home at Tampa.

Grace and George Lerew went to their home near Portis for a short visit Tuesday of last week.

Lloyd Larsen and Royal Yoder spent the week-end in the Conway community. Larsen visited in the Home of his cousin, Clyde Cline, and Yoder was at the home of his parents.

Several former McPherson students visited on the campus during the week-end. Among them were: Hele Myer, of Marquette; Archie Blickenstaff, of Little River; Harvey King, of Larned; and Alex Richards, of Waldo.

Wilbur Yoder, Delbert Kelley, and Kermit Hayes were all guests of Mr. C. J. Medlin, traveling salesman of Burguer-Baird Engraving Company, in Kansas City, Saturday and Sunday. The boys were very richly entertained. They went through and inspected the Burger-Balrd engraving plant in Kansas City.

Lucille Ketterman and Kenneth Cavendar, both of Abilene, visited friends and relatives on the campus, Saturday and Sunday.

Kenneth Bitikofer left Thursday bight for Lawrence, where he visited Vernon Flaming. Friday. Saturday, Flaming and Bitikofer went to Kan-sas City, Bitikofer returned to the campus early Monday morning.

Posey Jamison left the campus Thursday noon and spent the remainder of Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, in applying for school teaching positions. After having vis-ited a number of schools, he went to the home near Quinter, Saturday evening. He returned to the campus Sunday, and motored to Moundridge to apply for a position there, Monday afternoon.

Dean F. A. Replogle accompanied a McPherson college deputation team, composed of Gulah Hoover, Lois Edwards, Mildred Ronk, Harvey Shahk, and Delvis Bradshaw, to Belleville last Saturday, where they presented several musical numbers at a meeting of the Church of the Brethren young people for the North-west Kansan district. Dean Replogle also gave an address during the convention.

On Sunday night the M. C. group gave a program at the Lovewell church, twenty-five miles north of Belleville. They returned to McPherson early Monday morning. The trip was sponsored b the World Service Group.

Vera Flora, a senior, and Lloyd Diggs of the class of ’30 also took part in the Belleville meeting. They sung a duet during the session Saturday afternoon, and Mr. Diggs led the group singing for the entire convention.

Seventy-five different schools have been invited by Dean R. E. Mohler, chairman of the Senior Fes-tival committee, to take part in the annual Senior High School Festival, to be held here on Saturday, April 23.

HOME EC. STUDENTS

LAUGH AT DEPRESSION

Oh James S. Chubb, while speaking to the Y. W. C. A. and Y. M. C. A in the subject, "building a Christian Character" said that it is neces-sary to be cosmopolitan in order to be a Christian. Jesus loved all people —those of high or low birth—sinners and saints.

Jesus was a mental genius. He understood people. He was keen judge of men and had keen insight into human nature. He knew Hebrew history. His mind worked rapidly. Many times he was called upon to make decisions which would have decided his physical fate one way or an-other. Brains and spirituality go hand in hand, and insight and informa-tion are necessary in building Christian character.

Prayer life is essential to development. A wealth of power comes from listening to God. If one spends all his time in telling God his troub-les, there is no time for God to speak to him. Jesus spent much time in prayer.

The main avenues in developing Christian personality are prayer, read-ing, and meditation. One never gets outside of himself if he does not read. Ideals and good taste form another avenue in building personality. Make me most of your resources. Instead of chatting and giggling about non-essential things, discuss things of importance. When one could chat and doesn't, or tells the truth when he might have gotten by without doing so, he is walking on the Christian highway.

Christ has challenged the greatest thinkers of the ages. In all ways, one can find the most happiness if he practices the Christian way of living. —M. S.

Unless the job means more than the pay, it will never pay more.

-H. Bertram Lewis.

Mr. Samuel Minter of Abilene, paid a brief visit to his son Cleason in Fahnestock Hall, Monday evening.

Margaret Heckethorn, college librarian, was in Newton Saturday attending a committee meeting of several college librarians Who are plan-ning it round table discussion of col-lege library problems for the Kansas State Teachers Association meeting to be in Hutchinson next fall.

Velma Amos was the guest of Florence Stucky, a former McPher-son student, in the latter's home near Hutchinson, during the week-end.

Most important of the recent ar-rivals in the college library, is a group of books for supplementary reading in Commerce courses. The three books in the group are: "Prin-ciples of Public Utilities,” by Eliot Jones and Truman Bigham; "Prohib-

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